As the Hip Hop world awaits The Game’s oft-delayed and highly-anticipated The R.E.D. Album, Complex has provided their impressions via a sneak preview.
Confirming production by Cool & Dre, DJ Khalil, Pharrell and, most notably, Dr. Dre, the preview also signed off on features by Robin Thicke, Beanie Sigel, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg (twice), Nelly Furtado, K-Young and others.
While noting that the version they heard was an unfinished one, Complex noted that the album was mainly produced by Pharrell – sometimes to its detriment. “We’d have been all for it if it was Skateboard P bringing that Lord Willin’ murda music—but here it’s more of the underwhelming ‘Unless You’re The Clipse, Give Me Half Your Budget And I’ll Give You A Throwaway Beat’ P of the last few years.” The preview adds that two more traacks are to be added: one rumored to feature Lupe Fiasco, and the other Jay Electronica and Nas.
Praised were cuts like the Cool & Dre-produced “Infrared,” which was described as a “head-nodding banger” to set off the album, and featured a line certain to get Hip Hop heads talking: “Will I ever go at Nas? Hell nah! / Will I ever go at Jay-Z? I don’t know.”
While DJ Khalil’s contriubtion, “Ricky,” is dismissed as “repetitive,” “Good, Bad, Ugly” gets the thumbs up for gritty keys and storytelling. Additionally, “Ain’t No Doubt About It” featuring Justin Timberlake reportedly has the Compton emcee out of his comfort zone, though “Roll My Shit” featuring Snoop Dogg has Pharrell doing his “best Dr. Dre impression by using light, wavy synths reminiscent of The Chronic.”
And what of Game’s much-discussed collaboration with Dr. Dre? Described as “an odd fantasy about murder,” the good doctor “laces Game with a beat that sounds like it was left off 50 Cent’s The Massacre” and features a style similar to 50’s.
Don’t pass judgement til you hear it yourself.
I don’t wanna judge to quick, but it sounds like another 3.5 album…
Damn. And I was actually thinking that this album could bring Game back.
Don’t care anymore. Theres plenty of other albums this year.. Shit, Nas and Em is good enough.
yo,… i am feeling the same! i aint gonna judge to harshly on him yet… even though i copped the last couple ablums and will probably cop this one due to me being a fan of him
This is kinda exciting with dr.Dre but I dont really care about Pharell and don’t like that he is all over the project. But if Dr. Dre is on it with Snoop Dogg, Dj Khalil hopefully it should be a good album. You know Game will step up his lyrics for those guys. I personally like his Cool and Dre tracks too in the past. It might be decent but we will see how it turns out. I tend not to believe this stuff anymore about Dr.Dre b/c it usually doesn’t happen. But I am a Game fan.
Although to add on to what I posted I don’t care for his collaboration with Justin Timberlake and thought it was weak. I also hated that song produced by Pharell and thought that was boring and not a stand out single so on 2nd thought I am kind of on the fence about this album and wont go out and buy t until there is enough material that I like on it.
Look Game Needs To See That As Good As A Producer kater P iS Pharrell is not meant for him really GAME Y DO COOL AND DRE HAVE LESSER TRACKS THEN PHARRELL ?????? WHY IS PHARREELL ON 7 songs thats a big deal 4 real i meanm even jay only puts him 2 r 3 max on a album man come on skater p is great but npt all ova the red album man compton and pharrell aint the best match man come on game i been a fan and stuck wit u since documentary now i was a\excited until i start hearing the pharrell tracks like the one wit jt man game come on man !!!!!!! stop wit skater p man
that nigga said ‘bring game back’… bring him back from where? name a bad game album that u have ever listened to.
none man he meant this album is not the real game the other 3 was
Y IS SKATEBOARD P ALL OVER A GAME ALBUM??? HIP HOP IS REALLY CHANGING AND DIEING I GUESS WE GOT TO WAIT FOR NAS TO BRING IT BACK TOGETHER ON MAY 18 BECAUSE GAME DECIDED |S TO NOT PUT DRE which is the person he is matched best with but NOOO he gets jayz best producer whats the deal
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I was really looking forward to this, but after this ‘preview – review’ my expectations just dropped like a rock. Game said it would be hard, bring him back to ‘The Documentary’ days, but since when did The Neptunes produce for that album…he had Dre lined up and was excited about finally getting him back into the mix but now it’s all stupid Pharrell. If 80% of this album isn’t banging, gangsta rap – I’m going to be disappointed…though I already am…
I never liked The Neptunes, never will………..I might not even waste the time Downloading this album, every song I heard off it so far is mediocre
game is a fucckin chump. look at that guest lineup. rick ross, nelly furtado, robin thicke, pharrell dominating the production, game about to flop like a sandal. hes gonna be name dropping and spitting his cheap bullshit on corny pharrell synths, thas gonna alienate the same thing keepin him alive, the true hip hop audience. he should be trynna preserve the fanbase he got already got, pop america hasnt fucked with game for a long time now. dumb fuck reaching coming up with nothin. and game is a habitual liar. where the dre beats? bipolar drunk lookin to drop a stinker.
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“The preview adds that two more traacks are to be added”
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oh really? are those like extended tracks or something?
Pharrell SUCKS!
That’s an opinion. Dude made this skateboard tight jean shit cool b4 Wayne started. He was one of the big names responsible for changing the game so show some respect lil dude.
@KEEZIE… Since when has tight jeans on a man been cool? I can’t fit in straight legs or skinny jeans… ya’ll fucked up all the stores buying that shit… Now real niggas got fewer options (regular damn jeans)
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That goes to show you that Game need 50…his music aint been “that shit” hot since he was fuckin wit G-unit…How We Do is still one of his best records and it wasnt because of Game…we know this…Im from the West Coast and I love Game’s music but Im tried of this nigga tryna prove to the public that he dont need 50 because thats bullshit. 50 gone make sure the shit is a winner. He may get away with a few hot tracks here and there but i need that musical quality much higher than what he been delivering lately…
and 50 hasn’t been “that shit” hot since 2003. Apparently being in G-unot is not an automatic key to success.
Yeah. I’m a huge Game fan but this sounds suspect to me. Ever since The Documentary I’ve been duped into game’s tactics and I am not falling for it anymore. He uses the fact that he is back with Dr.Dre and then right before the album is released “something happens” and Dre is no longer on it. I for one don’t care anymore. I was the biggest Game fan but all his singles that he put out recently are ok at best and hip hop is just not that great anymore. Unless I get some proof of Dr.Dre producing for Game I won’t buy it AND I have to think that Dre did something amazing on the album. Also I agree about Pharrell producing he’s not good. Don’t get me wrong I (like most people) think Dr.Dre producing is incredible but I just dont care anymore. Dr.Dre tricks us all into thinking Detox is coming and it will be the future of Hip hop and that his music is Godly but I am full grown and the genre is just so tired. I hope game sells but I won’t be buying into this anymore.
This album is gonna be wack… As much as game is trying, he can seem the get any buzz…He’s looking at 60k first week. This guy is finished…Bipolar ass monkey!
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i know he’s been in the studio with dre but who really knows if it’s for the red album. game himself said that going in with dre was like work and you don’t know where the material is going to be used. besides, dr dre and p exec producing on a single album? it sounds like it could be a good mix, but i’m not really sure if it will mesh well with the sequencing. i’d rather have dre exec producing on the album, but with pharell i might be a dope change.
the tracklisting seems pretty dope to me. you know these sites are always pretty hard on game. LAX got some pretty shit reviews but i loved that album. hope shake isn’t on the album. i think it’s a feel good, mixtape worthy song…but on the album…next track. can’t listen to that story he tells more than one time. wasn’t feeling “it must be me” at first either. the beat sounded a little too simple, then it grew on me after i had smoked and listened again. that beat actually does go hard. game spits hard on that one too.
still looking forward to hearing the red album, just hope all the hype doesn’t disappoint.
we’ll see when it comes out!
Game just can’t be west coast finest, this shit is gonna flop big time. The west coast deserately needs O.G.s and the new cats to start over cuz it’s been too long with the west not been on the damn map. I’ll buy Cube album, I’ll buy Crooked album but I won’t bother to even download this fucking RED album.All the 5-6 songs so far have been less than mediocre, it’s embarassing to know people think Game carry the WC on his back. Damn 15 years ago the west fucking ruled man.
why yall Game fans saying Pharrel sucks? Pharrel got hot songs and classics with Kanye,Clipse,Snoop,Jayz and etc,dont blame pharrel, blame Game.
I don’t think game need 50 to make a hot album. Game need ot focus and make good music instead of beefing with everybody.
WHo is Complex??? some1 tell me and tell me why he is reviewing games album. HE doesnt know shit about it. WHy all u think he dropped a mixtape…? cuz some them singles were suppose 2 b on the album n leaked. hate him or love him , hes hard as fuck. Will c if he delievers. Bottom line whether he produces or unproduces on the album it will b hard. He aint gonna make the radio never has never does. He comes hard and straight spits thats what he does.
Who is Complex??? And why is he reviewing Game’s album??? HE doesnt know hwat is gonna b on games album.. HE dont know what will b on the album. He has as much as an idea as me and u. Why u think game dropped a mixtape last month??? cuz some of them songs leaked out that were suppose 2 b on the album. Game goes hard everytime whether its a jam or not hell go hard. He wont b on the radio never has never will. whether he produces or under produces the album will b hard. guarantee that.
True that man, I don’t understand why people are rating the album before its even out. I mean its not due to drop for another month.
HE is a hip-hop magazine, you silly fuck-tard.
HE probably already has the legit CD.
HE (COMPLEX MAGAZINE) obviously heard the CD and wrote an article about it, you blog puppet.
Here’s why…
“While noting that the version they heard was an unfinished one, Complex noted that the album was mainly produced by Pharrell – sometimes to its detriment.”
YOU obviously can’t read.
“It’s also worth noting that the version we heard is missing two tracks: one rumored to feature Lupe Fiasco, and the other supposedly with assists from Jay Electronica and Nas. Get an idea of what The Red Album will sound like with Complex’s track-by-track breakdown.” – Complex Magazine Review
YOU are a Game groupie.
I like the man, but damn… form an opinion based on facts that have been listed, and learn to READ.
I actually don’t agree wit some of the ppl on this sight. It may be true that he’s not gonna have Dre on the album cuz he’s always says he’ll have Dre and never does, or uses Dre’s name to promote the album (remember how he said the purpose of Doctor’s Advocate was to prove he can make a good album without Dre?). Like some of the other ppl on here I don’t care much for Pharrell either…just kindof odd he has Pharrell producing majority of the album. “It Must Be Me” had some good lyrics no lie and the hook is still growin on me, but it’s not a hit Game single, not the same feel. And “Shake” is just hilarious to me, I can’t take that serious. It’ll be okay if the album isn’t that good, still got his classic stuff, from Documentary to LAX lol. But Nas, Em, Dre (if he’s gonna release it), T.I., and like a few other rappers I’m ready for y’all to drop the real heat
Shake is a HIT. Raw lyrics. I’ll admit, first time I heard it, I was thinking.. WTF? But, another listen he really pumps up the song.
There’s no reason he won’t have Dre on the album. He’s back with Aftermath, and Dre is his idol. I can’t imagine Game not making sure his idol touches the CD.
I’m also disappointed to hear the comments on Pharrell’s production. I honestly never really liked the dude anyway. I’m looking more for the Dr. Dre, Scott Storch hits.. and Just Blaze.
Still waiting to hear to form my own raw opinion.
guys make sure u notice its dj KHALIL not KHALID……..they complete different, khalil produces while khalid screams over wack tracks!
featured a line certain to get Hip Hop heads talking: “Will I ever go at Nas? Hell nah! / Will I ever go at Jay-Z? I don’t know.†man the only thing he can talk about is other rappers
Lol at the song featuring Jay Electronica and NaS. I’m sue it’ll be dope, but no one will be able to tell who’s who on that track. LOL
yeah jay electronica be spittin fire im also looking forward to the lupe fiasco track with game that will most definatly be fire, lupe is too ill. but i also wanna see more or that westcoast ganster shit like some from LAX, and also less features because he will lose most of his credibility of making an actual track even though he dropped shake which was fuking halarious but does not take a genius to create.
U guys are stupid, the tracklist is all wrong, the magazine just reviewed acouple of Games songs, not even mixed properly and might not be the final material. Just wait it out, see what the fuck he releases. Who cares if u dont like the album, you aint going to buy it anyways. I’ll buy it, so theres one SOLD… hahaha
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Still coppin R.E.D. when it drops. Fuck what the haters think.
As you should,but becuz someone does not like something that does not make them a hater…
Yeah man! Yall need to RETIRE this term, “hater”. It really makes people DELUSIONAL about constructive criticism! Just like you have a job, the person who does reviews has one too. And his analysis of Game working with Pharrell seems accurate to what i have heard from Pharrell.
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one thing i learned is not not even let the critics dictate what you wanna buy with your money, and dont let them change your mind on your fav artist rather it be rap, rock, alternative, or country you have your own mind and if you gonna let someone who job is to hate on the music that you enjoy than go ahead and listen to them, but if you got your own mind go buy whatever you want and listento whatever you want its a big world out there and time is going by to fast to let a critic tell you about YOU. If you go back and look at your music collection how many critics downed what you was listening to, wake up they just cant do what these artist do ,so their job is to hate. Believe in what YOU believe in, nit what someone tells you to
Nuff said.
All of you are in denial…GAME sucks period, he is to blame.
not this bullshit again! “will i go at nas? will i go at jay-z?” c’mon…. i wonder how many times he talks about 50 cent and g-unit on this album, years and years after the whole fallout happened…
Everyone knows Game can be nice…The Documentary is considered a Westside classic imo…but every leak i heard from this new album has been garbage…”Diamonds” feat. K-Young is a hit, but beyond that the beats are wack and he doesn’t deliver the lyrics this time…this is very dissapointing
this Page is Pathetic every fuckin comment is full of hate.. chuck is 10times Platinum what have you done with your life you hatin ass Bitches… honestly has game ever dissappointed with any of his albums? NO he hasnt,, 2 classic ablums and 1 Bangin album and RED will be Fuego Let Game Release his second single then judge from there… Im a huge game fan an his album aint goin to sell but it will be straight FIRE
I hope I’m wrong, but Game seems like he’s falling off. Documentary was great, Doctors Advocate was great too. LAX was ok, I heard shake and thought that song was wack. I know Game is capable of making good music, maybe I’m being too critical. Shouldn’t base my opinion off one song. Anyways, hopefully the Red Album will be a good one.
sounds pretty dope to me
game is yet to fail, documentary classic, doctors advocate classic, lax good so i expect RED to be goo too
lookin forward to hearin the dre production, i imagine there will be a few dre beats
Nelly Furtado?
so he got one dr dre beat an old beat smh!
well this niggaz done after this flop
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Yea idk about this new Game album. I loved the Documentary and really liked the Doctors Advocate but it seemed like he fell off on L.A.X. too many of the song concepts seemed similar with alot of name drops. Dont get me wrong Game got flow but he doesnt really take it to a higher level on his albums hopefully this one will be better. “Infrared” sounds like a cool track but the intro cant be the best song on the album i guess we’ll just have to wait and see.
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I don’t know about ya but I feel he always sounded good behind Hi-tek beats, Just Blaze, and kanye. Hell that help made his first a classic, i don’t know about timbo it seem that his beats sounds too much like tempo from a rave party.
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i think its going to be a sick album just like doc, da, and lax
im not feeling aint no doubt about it, but there will probably 19 other songs on there so who cares?
any ways pick up red july 15 RED
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No
that new Nas is dope.
Damn, that does not sound good. Game has been going down hill since his first album. I was hoping R.E.D. would mark his comeback, but it’s startin to sound unlikely…
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DX this is bullshit this aint the album! what did you listen to. listen to the original album to review dumbasses